How Much Does Jrue Holiday Help the Boston Celtics, Actually?

Will the Jrue Holiday trade and Kristaps Porzingis trade be enough to get the Boston Celtics back to the NBA Finals? By shipping out Rob Williams, Malcolm Brogdon, and other assets to bring in Jrue Holiday, the Boston Celtics are officially all in on winning a title after giving Jaylen Brown the supermax and locking their core in for the foreseeable future.

The former Milwaukee Bucks point guard has struggled in the playoffs historically, but Brad Stevens and the Celtics are hoping that, in a reduced role, Jrue Holiday's defense will be the main draw to elevate them. While Boston doesn't have a ton of depth at this point after largely shipping it out for Jrue and Kristaps Porzingis, it might still be enough, as long as Jayson Tatum can reach that MVP level that we've occasionally seen him reach in the past.

What the Boston Celtics roster lacks in depth, they might be able to make up for in star power.

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[AlexHoops]

How many wins do the Celtics finish with this season? 👇

[CaptainProx]

I honestly don’t understand how you don’t have 200k subscribers already

[CarJaco]

I agree, it was time to shake it up. I think overhauling the supporting cast is a better idea than trading Brown for a worse player. I'm not in love with the moves but I think it'll come down to KP being healthy and productive. It'll end up coming down to, Tatum and brown just maturing and playing better in crunch time moments.

[pgpacernation]

Jrue is a true baller and hella of a defender.
Boston got a solid player and also the defense they lost in the guard position by letting smart go now they got that defense back with jrue, can’t really ask for anything better.
Let’s just hope KP can stay healthy tho.

[zgamer]

As a Celtics fan I'm well aware that I'm biased, but I liked both trades a lot individually, and in tandem I love them, and here's why:

The C's presumed top 7 for the playoffs(Tatum, Brown, Holiday, Porzingis, White, Horford, Hauser) now only has 1 guy that you're worried about when it comes to injuries as opposed to last year where it was a trio of them in Smart/Brogdon/Rob. That in itself is a major boost for the C's. And then as for the actual talent level, Jrue brings Smart level defense while being a much better offensive player, and Porzingis' rim defense I think is also underrated while also being a much greater offensive threat than Rob was.

As for depth, my only real worry right now is with the C's 7th man come the playoffs(I think for the regular season the depth is fine). It's hard for me not to picture Hauser/Pritchard/Svi being targeted on defense, or Walsh/Lamar/Brissett being ignored on offense. That said it's not like Brad Stevens has completely emptied the coffers as the C's still have 3 1sts they can move as well as multiple pick swaps, so if Stevens thinks it's an issue, and I trust his eye test a lot more than my own, he always has the option to trade for a bench guy between now and the trade deadline.

So as far as I'm concerned the C's are now firmly 1 of the 3 teams to beat alongside MIL and DEN. If your greatest concern about a contender with 4 All-Star caliber players is who is the 7th man in the playoffs, and you still have assets to go out and get said 7th man with a trade if you so choose, you're in a pretty great position.

[simpmakima]

man this basketball channel is hella good and also informative, literally cannot believe its not million subscribers

[jeffreyvalentyn]

I have been DYING for your opinion on this man, literally best hoops videos🔥🔥

[wligybr]

Can we take a second to realize how ridiculously absurd Jokic's efficiency is on post ups? Feels like I'm watching a Jxmmy Highroller vid lol

[TheKrumping]

First video I’ve watched from you GREAT video 🤝🏽 you have a new fan 🎉

[joewhyte]

Just found your content it is all excellent. Pumped to find a good channel like yours to subscribe too.

[prajwalkrishnabhat]

Rather thinking this off season as trading marcus smart for jrue, its better to think this off season as trading Marcus and Robin Williams for jrue and KP.

[nuclarboNg]

Rob has played 209 of 410 games in his 5yr career...Only two of those years over 35 games (52 and 61).

[greygrizz]

One of the smartest and best basketball channels

[Sam-bqus]

Locker room leadership that Jrue brings is huge too. That always seemed like something that was an issue behind the scenes

[danwindsor]

As a Bucks fan, I hated to see Holiday leave, but I love the trade. Jrue on offense in the POs was baaaad

[maartenvz]

Great question and even better answer! Good catch on the low volume efficiency because that will really help both jrue and the team. I think the ceiling of the Celtics is still capped by the decision making of Tatum and brown. We all made fun of brown going left but we should also keep focussing on tatums low efficiency in his pull up game. Still a bit too much Kobe in his game for my taste.

[TheBadgerInMinecraft]

Grant Williams was the biggest lost. He’s super thick can guard Giannis well and shoot good on spot ups. Also can play small ball 4 or 5 and switchable

[RampagingChipmunk]

I’d be a lot more comfortable if they had kept Grant or Gallo. They are seriously screwed if Horford or Porzingis get hurt and a competent 4/5 bench guy who can handle borderline starter minutes would be super helpful. Health permitting, I think they’ll manage to lose to Milwaukee in the ECF.

[dbrownwind]

AlexHoops good commentary, good analysis. Watching one of your videos for the first time, I’m a NBA fan favorite team is the Lakers. I think the Celtics did himself justice by getting Kristof‘s and Jure Holliday. I think this makes them more lethal with a good stretch man like Porziņģis and the defense and teen cohesive player like Holiday. I was sad to see him leave the box because that’s not what he wanted. Because he said he wanted to be a Buck for life. But it goes to show you that business were over personal feelings always. I’m sure Giannis did not want it. But he also wanted dame Lillard. So it’s gonna be a battle in my opinion. Gonna come down to who can stay healthy and you can get in the groove faster and staying longer. I think some of the players whose names are not coming up as important for the Celtics, Stevens, and this guy by the name of Brissett might be instrumental in helping them down the road as regular season playoffs building cohesiveness with the team. It’s gonna be exciting in my opinion. Looking forward to it. Keep up the good work look for more videos.

[SoccerNes]

Definitely think this move makes the Celtics a tough team to beat for the bucks, ECF is gonna be exciting.. also can you ask Vinny to stop chanting in Russian every night, I can’t get any sleep